Anita Wlodarczyk of Poland celebrates after winning the women's hammer throw final during the European Athletics Championships at the Letzigrund Stadium in Zurich August 15, 2014. REUTERS/Phil Noble
BERLIN (Reuters) - Poland's European hammer champion Anita Wlodarczyk set a world record of 79.58 metres at the ISTAF meeting in Berlin's Olympic stadium on Sunday.
The London 2012 Olympics silver medallist improved the world record by 16 centimetres from the 79.42 set by Germany's Betty Heidler in 2011. Heidler finished second on Sunday.
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